Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1891 — TRAINED CATS AND RATS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TRAINED CATS AND RATS.

i Wsnderfit Result* Secured by Education and Association with One Another. There is a remarkable show at the Crystal Palace, London, which represents the millenn|um on a small scale. The lion does not lie down with the lamb, but the cat and the rat, the mouse and the canary, all live iu peaee and

harmony together and enjoy the benefits of a good education. The educator of the animals is Miss Tina, who has taught them some remarkable feats. The cats walk the tight rope, which has white rats and mice and chirping

canaries strewn all over it. The cats pick their way carefully among their natural prey without molesting them, and will even carry some of them on their backs without being once tempted to gobble them up. They walk over the tops of chairs, pick" their wav among a mass of champagne bottles without displacing a single one of them, and jump through rings of fire without the slightest hesitation. Miss Tina trains her cats, rats, mice and birds from a very early age. She begins with a kitten when it is about four months old and manages them by

kindness. She never beats them and says they can be trained to almost anything by perseverance. The rats and mice become accustomed to the cats and lose all fear of them. All are well fed and seem to enjoy their life.

ON THE TIGHT ROPE.

THE BOTTLE TRICK.